Excerpt from A Brief Memoir of Andrew Henshaw Ward Mr. Ward resides ln his pleasant mansion at West Newton, in the enjoyment of health, working on and superintending thoroughly his well tilled farm, surrounded by friends, and in full possession of many comforts and blessings. He 1s now in the eightieth year of his age, but still improves his moments and gratifies his tastes in saving from the W1eck that time has made, many items of intelligence and usefulness, that will be of benefit to others, and, we trust, more and more appreciated, as the years roll on. His motto has been and is, to do good and to communicate He has availed himself of the benefit of the art of printing, rightly called the art preservative of all arts, to rescue much that would otherwise have passed into oblivion, so that knowledge may not die with memory, nor fail of transmission by the loss of records, or the many casualties to which unpublished matter is subjected. We hope that for these, and all other good things he has aided ln accomplishing, he may reap a just reward. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.